SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name CORONA
Type Cargo
Yard Number 757
Launched 22/11/1919 (Reported launched as SYVSTJERNE for Herman Jacobsen & Co., Sarpsborg)
Completed 03/1920 (Trials 03/03/1920, delivered 07/03/1920)
Off. Number  
Engine builder Smith's Dock
Engine type T 3 cyl
GRT 3264
Length (feet) 334.2 (345 o.a.)
Beam (feet) 48
First owner D/S A/S Corona (H. M. Wrangell & Co. A/S), Haugesund
   
Fate 05/02/1943 Torpedoed by U617 in convoy Alexandria-Benghazi. Taken in tow to Tobruk and beached in heavy weather. There are differing reports of her being raised and sinking again -

Raised 21/12/1943, sank again 17/12/1943, OR

Raised 12/1944, sank again 01/01/1945, OR

Refloated 17/10/1947, sank 19/10/1947 20 m N of Derna (Ref. Lloyd's War Losses)

For more details see Warsailors

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